Abstract
Based on the original hand-written travel jour-ney, this article describes the hunting expedition of Emanuel Collalto e San Salvatore to Abyssinia in early 1908. Collalto did not conduct this expe-dition himself, but together (yet aside) with the group lead by Arnold Holtz, who brought a car as a gift to Abyssinian Negus Menelik II.
The journey started in Naples and on 2nd January 1908 it ar-rived by a liner to Djibouti. While Holtz continued to Addis Abeba by his car, Collalto and other gen-tlemen went by train to Dire Dawa and then they rode camels to Hursu, Erer, Gotha, Ellebalo, Mulu, almost a month was spent around river Awash.
The hunts were successful, till the end of March 1908, the expedition returned to Djibouti, with a lot of trophies. On their way back to Europe they visited Cairo and the pyramids and on 4th April it finished in Trieste.